Effects of oxidated fat and vitamin E inclusion on resistance to haemolysis, intestinal microbiota, faecal coccidia counts and epithelium structure of broiler chicken

Unsaturation level decrease oxidative stability of dietary lipids, generating oxidation products which may be harmful for animals and its intestinal microbial population. The aim of the present trial was to study the resistance to haemolysis, ileal microbiota, faecal coccidian concentration and epithelial structure in relation to different oxidation level and stabilization of the added fat

Effects of feeding recycled fatty materials on broiler chickens performance and carcass yield

The fatty materials generally used in the feed industry have very different origins and a variable composition. Some of them are waste or by-products from the food chain that generally contain noticeable amounts of detrimental substances

Dynamics of microbial cecal lumen ecosystem of broiler chickens with age measured by Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (t-RFLP)

Nowadays, it is known that intestinal microflora of broiler chickens plays an important role for growth performance and health. However, there is still a limited knowledge about the process of colonization of the chick gut